I don't think it's ok for the person who caused offence to expect people to let things slide, you have to take responsibility for your own actions, and basic empathy should lead to an apology.

That said, I think we're in danger of becoming a little over-sensitive as a whole. We're made of tougher stuff, sometimes we just forget that.

Or, we could all have a nice cup of concrete and harden the fuck up.*

*Australian. Not good at touchy-feely.

Right there with you on this one.

I'm not sure how anyone who's read more of JG's stuff than that one post, or seen his films, could have taken that comic thing as anything other than a piss-take.

So anyway, do you have those polaroids ... ?

On a related note - yes the studios do need to evolve their distribution model to adapt to new ways of consuming media. That doesn't mean that the content creators shouldn't be looking at ways to protect their time, money, and effort spent in the production of our entertainment.

Technically Greg, you're only so many chemicals and electrical impulses. Chemicals and electricity also want to be free.

I've still never watched an entire episode of Lost, and nothing I read about it makes me want to change that.